Printing device



Aug. 16, 1932. J. c. PASCHALI PRINTING DEVICE Filed sep't. 27, r1928AIl() Patented Aug. 16, 1932 PATENT GFFILCE.y

mentes 'CAMILLE PASCHALI, or CHICAGO,

COMPANY, OF AWILIVHNG'IITON', DVELAY'AREy A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE`PRINTING DEVICE Applicati'on'led September 27, 1928. Serial No. 308,694.

Thisinvention relates to printing devices of that kind whichcomprise oneor `more printing plates having type'characters embossed thereon "anddetachably. engaged with a't'ramewhich also may carry anintormation'card.l

The vobject of the-invention is to provide a novel printing devicecomprising a frame and one or'mo'renarrow printin'g'plates having typeVcharacters thereon, the plates having reduced edges close tothe typecharacters and adapted to engage retaining means on the framein positionfor desired line spacing and so'that' anyplate maybe removed andreplaced independently of theother plates.

A further object is to provide type line plate' panels' having typecharacters embossed thereon and of such width that vseveral panels maybe mounted on aframe in desiredprin'ting arrangementand in properspacing with each4 panel yrigidly engaged with retaining means on thetrame. f

, lnthe' accompanying'drawing'Ilhave illus'- trated the'invention inaselected embodiment in which Fig. lfis' a front view of a'printingdevice embodyingy the invention;

Fig. 2 shows the printingrplate with a m`argin panel and one type paneldetached;A

Fig. 3'is a sectional view on the line 3443 oi Fig. 2; Y y

Fig. 4`is' a sectlonalview' on the line 4-4 of F igl; l

Figs. 5 and 6 are sectional views onjthe line 5-5`and the line 6-f6,respectively, of Fig. 1;

Fig. 7' A is an end View of the scored printing plate blank; p y j Fig.8 is a detail enlarged end view of a portion of the printing plateblank.

Referring to the drawing, the frame 9 is madeof light sheet metalprovided with' sp aciianges 10 at its ends, andfstrengthening beads 11,12 `at' its top and bottom edges, respectively. The trame may be'jmadeof a size, as shown in Fig. 1 to receive an information cardy 13 whichis detachably held in the trame by the bead 11 and other retainingdevices 14 of suitable construction. l Y

Heretotore printing plate blanksfhave Vbeen made of standard"V sizes forcorresponding `face an'd518 on its back. vthe back are opposite thescore lines on the frames,` and thetype characters have been embossed onthese plates in machines lof the kind disclosed in Patents No. 921,600,patented Mayl 11, 1909; No. 955,116, patented April 12, 1910, and No.1,518,904, patented December 9, 1924. These plates have gen-V erallybeen one-piece plates,` each having one or more lines of type charactersbut generally sufficient lines to make a complete address and oftenincluding the salutation. Vith such plates it is necessary to rreplacean entire plate whenever any change is to be made therein such, forexample, as astreet number change. It is possible to block out typecharacters and emboss'thereover, but this is not a method i" which canalways be practiced satisfactorily by those not especially skilled, andbesidesV it requires considerable time. Also there is a considerableproportion of each plate left blank which represents so much waste inmaterial and unnecessary weight,'both ot which are importantconsiderations in large lists.

Myinvention provides printing plates having asingle line, asshown in thedrawing, or having a plurality of lines, each plate adapted to bedetachably engaged with and held by retainingdevices on the frame. p Theblank I5 for making the plate is made of suitable sheet material of akind which will enable l'printing characters to be embossed thereon, andwhich 1s wellrknown in the art. `This blank may befot any size, and itis divided into panels 16by parallel scoring 17 on its The score lineson front; they are preferably V shaped as shown in Fig. 8, and they cutinto the blank to a the embossed panels can be mounted on the lill framein proper line spacing. It is found in practice that the type lines canbe embossed on the blank, Fig. 7, in usual line spacing and still leaveenough material at the margins of each type line panel for engagementwith the retaining device on the frame. It is diiiicult to represent theexact dimensions and proportions in thel pen and ink drawing, but itwill be understood that the object is to have each panel as narrow asthe embossing operation will permit without distorting or breaking themetal in the embossing operation, and in practice it has been found thatthe printing characters may be embossed inseveral lines on a scoredplate and in close line spacing, and the type line panels separated andmounted in a frame in line spacing for addressing. It may be that thescoring permits the metal to flow more easily in the embossing operationwithout distorting or breaking the plate. However, this may be, l doknow that type characters, upper and lower case, can be embossed inseveral lines, in proper type spacing and line spacing, and when thepanels are separated on the score lineseach panel has suiicient sidemargin for operative engagement with retaining devices on the frame,these devices being arranged in close line spacing or otherwise asdesired. The retaining devices are lips struck up from the frame 9 inparallel rows and form channels adapted to receive and hold the typepanels in juxtaposed relation. On the frame, as shown in Fig. 1, thereare four rows of retaining devices to hold three address type panelsandthere are two other rows of retaining devices to receive a salutationpanel below the set of retaining devices for the address panels. Thefirst and fourth rows include retaining devices 19 and 19, respectively,and these retaining devices are alined with and inclined toward eachother. The second row includes retaining devices 1" alined with theretaining devices in the irstl row and inclined toward the retainingdevices in the fourth row. The second row also includes retainingdevices 18 intermediate of the alined retaining devices and inclinedtoward the retaining devices in the first row. The retaining devices19and 18 cooperate to provide a channel in which the first of the addresspanels may be mounted. The third row includes retaining devices 20alined with the retaining devices in the first and fourth rows andinclined toward the retaining devices in the fourth row. There are alsoretaining devices 21 in the third row which are alined with theretaining devices 18 in the second row and these retaining devices 21are inclined in the same direction as the retaining devices 18. Theretaining devices 17 in the second row and the retaining devices 21 inthe third row cooperate to provide a channel in which the second of theaddress panels may be mounted. The retaining devices 20 in the third rowand the retaining devices 19 in the fourth row cooperate to provide achannel in which the third of the address panels may be mounted. Sincethe retaining devices are disposed in parallel rows, it is apparent thatthey will receive and hold the type panels in juxtaposed relation.Moreover, the retaining devices in each row are spaced from each otherand consequently provide a discontinuous retention along the edges ofthe type panels. Moreover, the retaining devices which cooperate toprovide the type panel receiving channels are staggered with respect toeach other to thereby insure more uniform engagement with the typepanels to better secure them in position. The retaining devices for thesalutation panel are alined with the retaining devices in the first andfourth rows, and these retaining devices for the salutation panel areinclined toward each other to thereby provide a type panel receivingchannel in which the salutation panel may be mounted. The retainingdevices receive the marginal edges of the type panels and these edgesare tapered by reason of the scoring, as shown in Fig. 8, and theytherefore easily fit under the lips constituting the retaining devices.The panel is light in weight, and it is only necessary to provide aslight edge engagement with the retaining lips to hold the panel on theframe. Thus it is possible to form the type characters close to theedges of the panels, because only a slight projection of the panelbeyond the type is required for engagement with the retaining lips; andin the V shaped form of scoring shown, which I prefer, the extremity ofthe beveled edge is sufficient to eect this engagement. It will beunderstood, of course, that in actual practice the blank is quite thin,and the scoring is necessarily small transversely, but it is sufiicientto enable the panels to be readily separated without liability ofdistorting the panels. The lips permit the panels to be inserted endwiseand the use of light gauge metal for the plate blank; the inclined lips,forming discontinuous guide grooves for engagement of the tapered edgesof the panel, enable the panel to be readily inserted and removed fromthe retaining devices of the frame or to be adjusted to any desiredposition.

Whereas it has been customary heretofore to emboss an address or otherform on a single printing plate, which leaves a considerable portion ofthe plateblank, representing waste material and unnecessary weight inthe complete printing device, with my invention the panels may beembossed for their full length and divided as required after separationfrom other panels so that all, or substantially all, of each panel maybe employed for embossdesired position on the frame, to provide forThus, in the address illustrated in the drawing, the Chicago, Illfl'typepanel and the Dear Sir type panel may be stock material, made up at thefactory and supplied to the customer, or made up by the customersoperator at odd times; and suchfstock material may be kept in storagefor use as required, or it may be set up in frames for use as required.When a printing device is to be discontinued for any reason, the nameand street address type panels may be removed and destroyed, the frameand the city and salutation type line panels being preserved for futureuse. Thus the invention reduces the cost and expedites the work ofmaintaining a list.

have shown and described the invention' in a form which I have foundsatisfactory for the purpose, but l reserve the right to vary and makechanges in the form, construction and arrangement of parts, as may berequired or desirable in the commercial use of the invention, Vwithinthe scope of the following claims.

I claim:

l. A printing device of the class describedk comprising a frame havingparallel rows of spaced retaining devices struck-up therefrom andforming channels adapted to receive and hold type panels in juxtaposedrelation, there being an upper row, a lower row, and two interinediaterows of said retaining devices, the

retaining devices in the upper row being equidistantly spaced from eachother and the retaining devices in the lower row being alined therewith,theretaining devices in the upper and lower rows being inclined towardeach other, and the intermediate rows having retaining devices alinedwith the retaining devices in the upper row and inclined toward theretaining devices in the lower row and also having retaining devicesintermediate of said alined retaining devices and inclined toward theretaining devices in the upper row, and other rows of retaining devicesbelow said lower row andadapted to receive and retain therebetween asalutation type panel. Y

2. A printing device of the class described comprising a frame havingparallel rows of spaced retaining devices struck up therefrom andforming channels adapted to receive and hold type panels in juxtaposedrelation, there being an upper row, a lower row, and two indistantlyspaced from each other and the retaining devices in the lower row beingalined therewith, the retaining devices in the upper and lower rowsbeing inclined toward each other, there being retaining devices in theintermediate rows alined with the retaining u devices in the upper andlower rows and 1nclined toward the retaining devices in the lower row,and said intermediate rows also having retaining devices alined witheach other but out of alinement with the retaining devices in the upperand lower rows and inclined toward the retaining devices in the upperrow, the retaining devices in one row cooperating with the retainingdevices in the adjacent row extending toward the retaining devices inthe one row to engage opposite edges of type panels insertedtherebetween at staggered places to provide a discontinuous retentionfor the type panels.

3. printing device ofthe class described 1 comprising a frame havingparallel rows of spaced retaining devices struck up therefrom andforming channels adapted to receive and l hold type panels in juxtaposedrelation, there being four rows of retaining devices to hold threeaddress type panels, the retaining devices inthe irst row and in thefourth row being alined with and inclined toward each other, there beingretaining devices in the second and third rows alined with the retain-ying devices in the irst and fourth rows and inclined toward theretaining devices in the fourth row, and said second and third rows alsohaving intermediate retaining devices alined with each other but out ofalinement with the other retaining devices in said four rows andinclined toward the retaining de vices in the first row, and there`being two rows of retaining devices to receive asalutation panel belowthe set of retaining devices for the address panels, the retainingdevices for the salutation panel being alined with the retaining devicesinthe first and fourth rows and being inclined toward each other.

l JAQUES CAMILLE PAscHALr.

termediate rows of said retaining devices, the l retaining devices inthe upper row being equi-

